Wyatt Earp (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Lawrence Kasdan
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Actor: David Andrews, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner, Linden AshbyDirector: Lawrence Kasdan
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan
Producer: Charles Okun
Producer: Christopher Sliney
Producer: Dan Gordon
Writer: Dan Gordon
Producer: Elisabeth Landon
Writer: Meg Staahl
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 190 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: 13177
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Taught by his father to place family above all others, legendary lawman Wyatt Earp tries to heed these words during his violence-plagued career in the Arizona territory, circa 1881. With his brothers and gunslinging dentist Doc Holliday, Earp tries to bring justice to the lawless town of Tombstone, where local outlaws terrorize the citizens. Based on a true story.Running Time: 190 min. Format:
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Summary: 5 Stars
At last Warner Bros. has seen fit to release Kasdan's masterpiece on DVD. Sadly and inexplicably this movie was overlooked at the time of it's release. This superbly written,beautifully played piece is the definitive account of the life of a western archetype achieving everything that previous Earp accounts have failed to with the possible exception of Hour Of The Gun. Avoiding the ludicrous romanticism of My Darling Clementine, or the appaulingly laughable Lancaster/Douglas fiasco, Gunfight At OK Corral, Kasdan's portrayal presents these characters as the contradictory individuals they undoubtedly were and the actors and actresses do a tremendous job of bringing them to life. Costner is utterly believable as a complex man who, influenced by his father's belief in the family unit, almost destroys the very family he is trying to protect. We see him go from an idealistic young man to becoming a resolute, serious individual as a result of circumstances often beyond his control which serve to form his hardened personality and tunnel vision. Dennis Quaid is superb as Doc Holliday and presents a real person rather than Val Kilmer's amusing charicature in the over rated t.v movie-quality Tombstone. JoBeth Williams, Catherine O'Hara and Isabella Rosselini are great in their portrayals of the role of women in the west. Each of the actresses in this movie portrays a distinctly different character never resorting to cookie-cutter characterisations but the one thing they all have in common is, true to the period, women were expected to be supportive but not to have minds of their own; No revisionist western this.Technically the movie looks and sounds great. Kasdan creates a visual style without being heavy handed and we are presented with a west in various stages of development from shanty towns to the developing, lawless Dodge City and Tombstone where law and order are trying to take hold even when the "law" is being enforced in a very subjective manner, again there is a lot of gray in this movie.
Finally I have to praise James Newton Howard for his wonderful score which, if it were isolated on the DVD would make this a 6 star release.
Apparently deleted scenes are being included on a second disc. An expanded lazer disc was released some years ago which restored this footage to the film, adding even more depth to the characters and as a result an even better movie.
Please buy this movie and, in doing so, encourage Warner's to release the expanded version in the near future. You will not be disappointed.
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